Variety is reporting that Scrubs creator Bill Lawrence’s comedy series Spaced Out is now being developed as a multi-camera project at CBS, after failing to move forward as a single camera comedy pilot at NBC.
Described as a “workplace ensemble”, the series takes place in the world of commercial space travel. The original concept would have focussed on a working-class genius and his struggles to fit in with an established team of engineers building a rocket to go to Mars.
Lawrence – whose other credits include Spin City, Cougar Town, Rush Hour and the upcoming CW comedy Life Sentence – is set to write the new take on Spaced Out, as well as executive producing with Jeff Ingold.
